A simple question, you say. Well, how do you answer it? With your name? With your family pedigree? With your job? At some point, you see that nothing you say really answers the question and you stop — at the edge of a vast open space. "This can't be who I am?", you say, and turn away. Won't you please,please tell me what we've learnedI know it … [Read more...] about Who Am I?
Awareness
Releasing Emotional Reactions
Working with painful or difficult emotions is something everyone encounters in practice. This series explores ways to let go of reactions associated with powerful emotions so you don't have to repress them or express them in the world. Opening talk of retreat DownloadAim of the retreat, overview of content including levels of … [Read more...] about Releasing Emotional Reactions
Pointing Out Instructions
These teachings touch on many different practices and texts ranging from shamata and guru yoga to One Sentence Pith Instructions and Aspirations for Mahamudra. Experience and Presence DownloadRetreat format, structure, and materials; what is the view?; error of taking refuge in specific experiences; the mistaken notion of self … [Read more...] about Pointing Out Instructions
Five Elements / Five Dakinis
Dakini practice — a way to refine experience and raise energy. Session 1 Download Dakini practice as a way of refining experience, comparison with Mahamudra practice; dakini practice as tool to raise energy; review of elements in relationship to emotional patterns and as descriptions of experience; nature of dakinis: “know dakinis to … [Read more...] about Five Elements / Five Dakinis
Buddhahood Without Meditation
How do you work with the practice instruction "do nothing"? What would life be like if you could experience fully whatever arises? Buddhahood Without Meditation - Retreat 1 - 9 BWM 1 BWM 2 BWM 3 BWM 4 BWM 5 BWM 6 BWM 7 BWM 8 BWM 9 Doing Nothing DownloadRetreat’s daily schedule and routine; subject matter for retreat (Buddhahood Without … [Read more...] about Buddhahood Without Meditation
A Trackless Path II
Through practice you develop the ability to experience whatever arises in your life. When you have difficulty experiencing something it is often due to a problem with willingness, know-how, or capacity. The teachings from this retreat, recorded in Des Moins, NM during 2010, focus on how to increase these capabilities, the importance of intention … [Read more...] about A Trackless Path II